Train hits, seriously injures 40-year-old man in Cary

CARY, N.C. (WTVD) -- A man was seriously injured after being hit by a train in Cary on Thursday morning.

The incident happened just after 3 a.m. on the tracks between North Academy Street and North Harrison Avenue.

Police said 40-year-old Keith Zantow, of Cary, was not at a railroad crossing when he was hit. It's unclear at this time if he was walking or sitting on the train track.

Cary police are investigating at the train tracks near N. Harrison Ave. A man was hit by a train. They say he has life threatening injuries but was alert and talking when they arrived just after 3am. Updates all morning on @ABC11_WTVDpic.twitter.com/gbsgc29xoa